Congratulations to Ryan Mackay and Nabil Rashdan! They are the 2021 Teaching Award Recipients. Ryan and Nabil taught in the summer Physiology for Allied Health Professionals course. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Gaganpreet Kaur, Graduate Assistant in the Harris Lab. Gaganpreet has been chosen to receive an Outstanding Poster Award for her e-poster presentation at Vascular Biology 2021. Her poster was entitled, "The loss of Endothelial Glycocalyx in Diabetic Retinopathy".

The November Graduate Student of the Month is Luke White. His dissertation project is titled, “Development and Experimental Validation of Emergency Ventilatory Strategies and Adjunctive Devices for Reducing Ventilator Induced Lung Injury”. 

The research of Lynn Harrison, PhD, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at LSUHS, was selected by NASA’s Space Biology Program as one of three space biology proposals to prepare for future research on the surface of the moon. 

The July Graduate Student of the Month is Shripa Amatya.  Shripa works in the lab of Dr. Diana Cruz-Topete in the Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology.  Her dissertation project is titled, “A Dual Role of Glucocorticoid Signaling in Modulating Inflammation in Adipose Tissue”. 

Shreveport Times - During a global pandemic which has literally taken the breath away of so many, LSUHS scientists and researchers have been working to increase the safety and efficacy of emergency ventilation. The Tidal Volume Monitor project is spearheaded by the LSUHS Device group.

Dr. Lynn Harrison, Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, is the recipient of the 2021 Allen A. Copping Excellence in Teaching Award for Basic Science.

Mansoureh Barzegar, Graduate Assistant in the Alexander Laboratory in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, is the recipient of the 2021 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies. The Chancellor’s Award is presented annually to an outstanding graduating student.